Re: Defining Natural Numbers




pradyumna.achar@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi all,
Given a set of symbols D = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}, can we arrive at the
set of natural numbers without the use of any axioms ?

Why not keep it simpler? If you can't do it with
D = {0, 1}, then a bigger set of symbols won't help.
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